🪨 Raw Material

add information about the raw materials consumed by your installation during your specified reporting period the emissions associated with your raw materials are classified as process emissions and they will contribute to your direct (scope 1) emissions under the eu cbam, raw materials can also be classified as eu cbam q\&a add raw material our platform currently supports the eu cbam q\&a , which is one of the two approaches permitted by the eu cbam this approach, in turn, distinguishes between two methods the standard method and the mass balance method we explain these methods in more detail eu cbam q\&a unless you operate an integrated steel mill or produce sintered ore, pig iron, or crude steel, use the standard method standard method right click on external inputs > raw material select the standard calculation method select the raw material you can also create a new type of raw material by typing its name and clicking create please note if you create a new type of raw material , you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the eu cbam q\&a docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu select the measurement unit enter the quantity if applicable, enter an alternative emission factor if applicable, add any notes click next mass balance right click on external inputs > raw material select the mass balance calculation method select the raw material you can also create a new type of raw material by typing its name and clicking create please note if you create a new type of raw material , you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the eu cbam q\&a docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu select the measurement unit enter the quantity if applicable, enter an alternative emission factor if applicable, add any notes click next edit raw material right click on external inputs > raw material click edit click next to save your changes delete raw material right click on raw material click delete data sources for calculating emissions from fuels and materials, the eu cbam allows the use of various data sources, some of which are considered to be of higher quality than others the highest quality data source is laboratory analysis, which can be used to determine calculation factors such as carbon content, emission factor, and/or conversion factor of the raw materials consumed by your installation alternatively, you may use a proxy for the carbon content or emission factor, provided you establish an empirical correlation at least once per year using laboratory analysis the key difference is that, with this approach, laboratory analysis is only required once a year to establish the correlation, rather than for each batch of material, which helps reduce monitoring costs the lowest quality data, though still permitted when other options are technically unfeasible or would incur unreasonable costs, is the use of standard values the image below illustrates the hierarchy of these data sources based on their quality standard values you have two options use the database of standard values provided by us (carbon glance) please note that our database may not include global or country specific data for every type of raw material in cases where data is missing, no values will be automatically pre filled, and you will need to input them manually if you'd like us to add calculation factors for a specific type of raw material, please feel free to contact us at support\@carbonglance com input your own values you can use standard values from data sources you already use for other carbon accounting frameworks, or even data from higher data quality sources it's very important to specify the source of these values in the notes field to ensure transparency carbon glance database of standard values currently, we use the following data sources for the emission factor of raw materials ipcc 2006 gl standard factors provided in annex viii of the eu cbam implementing regulation